chaise

/\ʃɛz\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,133

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

chaise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Siège avec dossier, sans accoudoirs. Pronounced \ʃɛz\. It ranks #4,133 in French word frequency. Often confused with chie and chose.

Key facts for chaise
PropertyValue
Headwordchaise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,133
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chaise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chaise is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,133 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for chaise, with forms such as "cahise", "cchaise", and "chaies". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chie", "chose", "crise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chaise, spelled C-H-A-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Siège avec dossier, sans accoudoirs.
  2. 2
    Chaise percée.
  3. 3
    Stalle, fauteuil, etc.
  4. 4
    Fonction.
  5. 5
    Assemblage de quatre fortes pièces de charpente sur lequel on établit la cage d’un clocher, d’un campanile, d’un moulin à vent.
  6. 6
    Dispositif en bois servant à exhausser une chèvre, une grue.
  7. 7
    Support métallique scellé, fixé dans la maçonnerie et destiné à recevoir des câbles, des tuyaux ou des gaines.
  8. 8
    Voiture petite et légère, tirée par des chevaux ou portée par des porteurs.
  9. 9
    Exercice consistant à s'adosser contre un mur, les jambes fléchies à 90°, pendant plusieurs secondes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahise,cchaise,chaies,chaisse,chasie,chhaise,chiase,hcaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chaise

Misspelling Variants of "chaise"

cahise6cchaise7chaies6chaisse7chasie6chhaise7chiase6hcaise6
Misspelling Variants of "chaise"

Frequency rank: #4,133 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chaise"?
"chaise" is spelled C-H-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛz\.
What does "chaise" mean?
As a noun, "chaise" means: Siège avec dossier, sans accoudoirs.
What words are commonly confused with "chaise"?
"chaise" is commonly confused with "chie", "chose", "crise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaise" is \ʃɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaise" come from?
"chaise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.